Dietary Fibre - ILSI Argentina

Dietary Fibre 35
Observational study: Study in which researchers do not
intervene but only observe outcomes of interest and
their suspected causes, e.g. case-control study and
prospective study. Observational studies are often
loosely referred to as epidemiological studies.
Postprandial: Occurring after a meal.
Prebiotic: Non-digestible food components that benefit
the host by selectively stimulating the growth or
activity of beneficial bacteria (mostly lactic bacteria
such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli) in the colon.
Quintile: One fifth of a distribution of a certain
parameter.
Risk: In epidemiology it usually refers to the
probability or chance of meeting a certain – generally
unwanted – event. In toxicology it typically expresses
both the probability and the severity of a certain
unwanted event.
Satiation: Regulation of energy intake per eating
occasion.
Satiety: Delayed return of appetite following a meal.
Whole grain: Whole grains and foods made from them
consist of the seed usually referred to as the kernel.
The kernel is made of three components: the bran, the
germ and the endosperm. If the kernel is cracked,
crushed, flaked or milled, then in order to be called
whole grain, it must retain nearly the same
proportions of bran, germ and endosperm as the
original grain.
REFERENCES AND FURTHER
READING
Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments.
Report apports nutritionnels conseillés pour la
population française. 2001, France.
Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments.
Les fibres alimentaire: définitions, méthodes de dosage,
allégations nutritionelles. Rapport du comité d’experts
spécialisé nutrition humaine. Agence Française de
Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, 2002, France.
American Association of Cereal Chemists. AACC
Dietary Fiber Technical Committee. The definition of
dietary fiber. Cereal Foods World 2001;46:112.
Bingham S, Day NE, Luben R et al. Dietary fibre in food
and protection against colorectal cancer in the European
Perspective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
(EPIC): an observational study. Lancet 2003;361:1496-501.
Champ M, Langkilde A-M, Brouns F, Kettlitz B, Le Bail
Collet Y. Advances in dietary fibre characterisation.
1. Definition of dietary fibre, physiological relevance,
health benefits and analytical aspects. Nutr Res Rev
2003;16:71-8.
Champ M, Langkilde A-M, Brouns F, Kettlitz B, Le Bail
Collet Y. Advances in dietary fibre characterisation.
2. Consumption, chemistry, physiology and measurement
of resistant starch: implications for health and
food labelling. Nutr Res Rev 2003;16:143-61.
Cho SS, Prosky L, Dreher M (eds.). Complex
Carbohydrates in Foods. Food Science and Technology.
Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1999.
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Report of the
27th Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and
Foods for Special Dietary Uses, Bonn, Germany 21-25
November 2005. ALINORM 06/29/26, 2006.